Category Archives: Jamaal Burrell

Mar 1, 2011

Offensive linemen Nick Rowland and Jamaal Burrell won't return to the UO football team due to medical conditions, DSA is reporting.
Burrell has a heart condition and Rowland has a leg condition that preclude them from continuing, the report indicates.
Burrell, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound native of Fontana, Calif., redshirted in 2009 and made brief appearances last fall against New Mexico, Portland State and UCLA. Read more …

Sep 2, 2010

Here’s a story I filed for today’s section:
In 2007, an ankle injury derailed Bo Thran’s redshirt freshman season. In the spring of 2009, knee surgery sidelined the offensive lineman from Gresham.
Thran is a 22-year-old college senior, but sometimes he feels like an old man.
“My legs are falling apart,” the soft-spoken blocker says in typically sheepish fashion. Read more …

Aug 19, 2010

The Ducks held their 13th fall practice this afternoon, in full pads on the grass fields.
The quarterbacks: Sophomore Darron Thomas began the day with the first team and then rotated with Nate Costa, as has been the case for two weeks now. The most compelling part of the day was right at the end, in a couple of game-management tests for the two. Read more …

Aug 18, 2010

The Ducks were inside Autzen Stadium this morning for their first of two practices today, and 11th of fall camp.
The quarterbacks: No discernible changes to the rotation between Nate Costa and Darron Thomas in the wake of Tuesday’s scrimmage-y practice. Costa spent a lot of time with the ones, but Thomas got a lot of work too. Read more …

Aug 17, 2010

The Ducks were on the grass practice fields this afternoon for their 10th practice of fall camp, in full pads with officials on hand for some full-contact periods.
The quarterbacks: It was a mixed bag for both Nate Costa and Darron Thomas this afternoon. With each of the top three running backs out due to injury, neither could get the offense up to its preferred pace. Read more …

May 17, 2010

I had intended to catch up with UO strength and conditioning coach Jim Radcliffe prior to spring ball to check in on developments on winter workouts, but we weren’t able to connect, mostly because of my own schedule. I finally got my hands on some numbers over the past couple weeks, though.
By far the most glamorous test each winter is the 40-yard dash, and with LaMichael James unable to participate this winter while attending to his off-the-field matters, senior receiver D.J. Read more …

May 6, 2010

OFFENSIVE LINEAPRIL STANDOUTS: If offensive linemen are playing well you tend not to notice them much. Such is the burden for Oregon seniors C.E. Kaiser, Bo Thran and Jordan Holmes. They’re all big, tough, soft-spoken guys who go about their business and don’t draw much attention, assuming they’re doing their jobs. (A fourth starter, Mark Asper, is also big and tough, but he’s as out-spoken as the others are reserved.) And this spring, they all did their jobs. Read more …

Mar 17, 2010

In the weeks leading up to the start of spring practice, we’ll review last season and preview the upcoming spring for each position group on the Oregon football team.
The schedule:
March 2:Special teamsMarch 4:SecondaryMarch 9:LinebackersMarch 15:Defensive lineMarch 17: Offensive line
March 19: Tight ends
March 22: Wide receivers
March 24: Running backs
March 26: Quarterbacks
OFFENSIVE LINE
Returning veterans (Starters in CAPS): BO THRAN, Sr.; CARSON YORK, So.; JORDAN HOLMES, Sr.; MARK ASPER, Jr.; C.E. Read more …

Dec 13, 2009

The Ducks were in full pads inside the Moshofsky Center for practice this morning, and it was a scored competition day.
The defense won 62-52; it would have been a push if not for a 10-point penalty on the offense for campaigning for a pass interference penalty after an incompletion. Today’s was definitely the most intense and energetic practice of the three Oregon has held so far in advance of the Rose Bowl. Read more …

Nov 30, 2009

Several Web sites are reporting tonight that the Ducks have received a verbal commitment from junior college offensive lineman RyanClanton.
I haven’t given recruiting a ton of attention lately, but the addition of a JC player is always intriguing.
Given his size, 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, and the fact that Clanton has three years to play two, my pure speculation is that the Ducks are thinking a couple of years down the road with this pickup. Read more …

Aug 27, 2009

With today being Oregon’s first “game week” practice for Boise State, today was the first time scout-team players were designated, and outfitted in blue practice jerseys to represent the Broncos.
There are always some tough decisions to be made when finalizing the scouts, UO coach Chip Kelly said. I’m figuring the ones today that might come as at least a mild surprise to some fans were receiver Diante Jackson, defensive tackle Andrew Iupati and linebacker Bo Lokombo. Read more …

Aug 25, 2009

I attempted this exercise a couple years ago with minimal success, but failure has never stopped me before.
Here’s an attempt to rank all this year’s newcomers by the likelihood they’ll have an impact for the Ducks in 2009. For freshmen, if they’re not in the first group I’m assuming they’ll end up redshirting.
Sure things
1. Read more …

Aug 22, 2009

Oregon’s defense won its second straight competition day this afternoon, following up Monday’s dominating win with a more narrow 66-63 victory over the offense. The defense won the right to continue wearing black jerseys through Monday’s final double-day session of the fall, and Tuesday’s scrimmage.
The Ducks are off Sunday. Tuesday’s scrimmage is closed to everyone but team personnel. Read more …

Here’s a notebook I filed Friday afternoon:
As a three-year starter and preseason all-American cornerback, Walter Thurmond III knows he may not have many passes thrown his direction this fall.
So the Oregon senior intends to do as much damage as possible when he does get the chance to see the football, on special teams. Not only is Thurmond the Ducks’ most experienced kickoff returner, he hopes to replace the departed Jairus Byrd on punt returns as well. Read more …

Aug 21, 2009

LeGarrette Blount returned home to Florida this week for a memorial service after the passing of a great aunt, he said after Oregon’s second of two practices this afternoon.
Blount said she helped raise him. He spent the last three days with family.
On a lighter note, he saw one particular question coming from a mile away. Read more …

Jul 22, 2009

Here’s a story filed last night by Adam Jude, and an accompanying video piece by Adam, Chris Pietsch and me:
Like many other freshmen making the difficult transition to college, Everett Benyard arrived on the University of Oregon campus last month, settled into his first class and acquainted himself with his new roommates in the dorms. Read more …

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Ryan Thorburn covers Oregon football for The Register-Guard. Thorburn came to Eugene from Boulder, where he covered the Denver Broncos (2000-'07) and Colorado athletic department (2007-'13) for the Daily Camera. In 2013, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for beat writing. Follow Ryan on Twitter @rgduckfootball.

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Steve Mims covers Oregon football, men's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. He has been a sportswriter at the paper since 1999 and covered high school sports while also reporting on Oregon football in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as well as men's basketball during their Elite 8 run in 2007 and trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013.